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Where exactly did you spot it? This looks like an older boat which has been renovated, here is my reasoning:

-The windshield angle. Most new boats made in this neck of the woods will either have a raked forward or vertical windshield, there are some with the raked back windshield but they will usually have some roof overhanging the windshield itself. This boat has a raked back windshield and no overhanging roof, pretty unusual.

-The bow angle. This boat is rocking a straight raked bow, not unheard of in new builds but I cannot think of any new powerboats made with this design.

-The outboard position. This outboard is set up on a "bracket" which sticks out pretty far behind the transom, this is a common design when converting a boat with inboard or inboard/outboard engine setup to instead run outboards because the transom was not set up to hang outboards originally (was not built with those forces in mind). Not unheard of to see this in new boats but most of those would be aluminum if they have a bracket from the factory, this one generally says "outboard conversion" to me.

-The outboard cowling. This angular style outboard cowling says to me this is an Evinrude or a Mercury from the last 2-3 years

I don't recognize this particular boat/maker, but think Zeke is on to something... if you look at the police river boats used in the UK you will see similar designs, you will also see similar contemporary designs (though cabin generally not as far forward) if you look for "downeaster" style boats.
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